Luc Gallant wrote: >>Doesn't the VLC application already do this ? Or do you plan to split >>the parser part out in userland such that all applications can use that >>code ? >> >> > >Yes, VLC will take that stream and display it on screen, but I can't >say, use this inside mythtv. I want to create a ficticious driver >(device) that applications such as mythtv can use. In mythtv there is >an option to use a "DVB Capture card", and so that is the card I want >to be able to select, which would bring in the stream from the >network. > >Any suggestions/help is greatly appreciated. > > > So isn't it easier to capture network packets and parse that stream. The resultant stream would be an MPEG2 TS You can convert to a PS if needed, but most players do play TS straight away. I think probably what you need to do is capture packets from the specified address, parse them and present it to the application. Manu
